How SlateV Ran an Ad on Fox News for as little as $100

SlateV recently ran a little test to see just how easily they could get their made-up website on national TV.  They managed to run ads on a late-night rerun of the Glenn Beck Show (with the help of Google TV) for only $100.

They made this video documenting their fascinating experiment.

Google Doesn’t Use Meta-Tags - It’s Official

Today's article, once again, comes from The Naked Entrepreneurs except this time from Chris "The Brain" Hoyt.  Apparently Google no longer grants any value whatsoever to meta tags.  Check out the article here for more.

WOW: Google to Launch a New Version of Google Search

Apparently Google is making plans to release a new version of Google search! This is very exciting news. We have yet to see how this upgrade will affect search optimization, but I'm sure it will be for the better. Check out the full article at Mashable. http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/google-new-version/

101 Link Building Tips

I found this great list of 101 link building tips over at SEObook. If there's one thing to learn from the list it's that the best links are from sites with content related to yours. Think about that before submitting a site to every directory and forum you can find.

5 Tips For Avoiding Deceptive SEO Companies

Today's fantastic bit of advice comes to us courtesy of Janet Meiners Thaeler over at Small Business Trends. The article is an excellent run down of the most common things Google penalizes sites for. Google doesn't like spammers.

Seth Godin at Google

This is a talk one of my marketing heroes, Seth Godin, gave at Google. This one video alone really helped me to better understand the mentality needed to work in internet marketing.